Knitted fabric and method of knitting same



I M. c. MILLER. I KNITTED FABRIC AND METHOD OF KNITTING SAME.

1,333,763. I Pate antedMar. 16,1920.

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W55 121cm STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX 0. MILLER, OF CUMBERLAND HILL, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO JENCKESKNITTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORA- ,TIONOF RHODE ISLAND.

KNITTEDFABRIC AND METHOD OF KNITTING SAME.

. Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

Application filed August 17, 1918. Serial No. 250,363.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX 0. MILLER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Cumberland Hill,- in the county of Gumberland and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful .Improvements inKnitted Fabrics and Methods of Knitting Same; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of'theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to knitted fabrics and the method of knitting thesame.

The dbject of the invention is to provide a noveland improvedantirun-back course or courses in the body of a plain knitted fabric,as, for instance, in the leg of a stocking, which will effectivelyprevent a line of stitches from raveling or running beyond such coursein case of the breaking, cuttingor wearing away of stitches in thefabric, and which will not weaken or materially affect the appearance orelasticity of the fabric.

To this end an extra yarn is knit into thefabric with the body yarn forone'or several succeeding courses in such manner that the extra yarnwill arrest the running of the stitches of the body fabric. The bodyyarnis knit in the usual way upon all the needles so that the presenceof the course or courses of extra yarn forming the anti-run-back bandstrengthens rather than weakens the fabric. The anti-runback yarn may beinterknit in the body of the fabric upon a series of recurring needlesdistributed among the series upon which the body fabric is knit and ispreferably knit upon alternate needles. If knit upon a less number ofneedles it should be knit in with the body yarn in several courses andthe distribution of the series should vary in the courses.

The invention will be understood from an inspection of the accompanyingdrawings and the following detailed description of the fabric and methodillustratedtherein.

In the drawings, Figured is a diagrammatic View showing a fragment of aknitted web which embodies the invention in the preferred form; and Fig.2 is a similar view showing the manner in which the running. back orladdering of the stitches is arrested.

In producing the fabric illustrated a such .succeeding courses with themain yarn to band in the plain* plain web is the usualmanner by drawmgcourses of stitches on all the needles which are being used, as, for in-.stance, on all the needles of a circular knit ting machine such as iscommonly used in knlttlng ladies seamless stockings. When the point 1nthe knitting is reached at which .an anti-run-back course or courses isto be formed, as, for instance, when a, point near .the top of the legis reached, an extra yarn such as indicated at 2 is fed to alternateneedles only and is knit into the fabric with the body yarn by theseneedles while the body .yarn 4 is knit on all the needles in the regularway. The extra yarn may be fed to alternate needles for one or forseveral courses and at any points where it is desirable to provide meansfor arresting the running or laddering of the stitches due to thepartingof the body yarn at a point beyond means. In case of such parting of thebody yarn the stitches will run or ladder in the direction in which thefabric is lmit until such running is arrested by-the extra anti-run-backyarn as indicated in Fig. 2. The extra yarn knit in with the body yarnon. alternate needles only thus prevents or arrests the running back ofthe stitches without the weakening of the fabric incident to knitting acourse of tuck-stitches in the body of the fabric for this purpose. Italso avoids breaking- .down of the fabric in case the anti-run-backstitches become broken, since in such case the body yarn re- 4 only forone ormore courses.

2. A plain knitted-fabric havlng an extra yarn interlooped with thepreceding and form an anti-run back knitted fabric. I I

3. A plain knitted fabric having an extra yarn interlooped with thepreceding and succeeding courses with the body yarn in recurring walesdistributed among the wales. of the body fabric to form an anti-run-backband in the plain knitted fabric.

courses with the body yarn in alternate wales 4. The method of formingan anti-runback course or courses in a plain knitted fabric whichconsists in knitting aplain fabric with a body yarn and drawing loops ofan 5 extra yarn with the loops of the body yarn in alternate Wales onlyduring the knitting of such course or courses. 7

5. The method of forming an anti-runback course or courses in it plainknitted labrle which consists in knitting a plain fabric with a bodyyarn and drawing loops of an extra yarn with the loops of the body yarnin recurring Wales distributed among the Wales of the body fabric dunngthe knitting of such course or courses.

MAX 0. MILLER.

